{"podcast":{"title":"The Bottom-Up Revolution","slug":"the-bottom-up-revolution-515360","podcast_index_feed_id":515360,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/littlethings.strongtowns.org/feed.xml","website_url":"https://littlethings.strongtowns.org","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/3433634/BUR_logo_-_2022_updatebpjb6.jpg","author":"Strong Towns","episode_count":100,"summary":"This podcast features stories of the Strong Towns movement in action. Hosted by Tiffany Owens Reed, it’s all about how regular people have stepped up to make their communities more economically resilient, and how others can implement these ideas in their own places. We’ll talk about taking concrete action steps, connecting with fellow advocates to build power, and surviving the bumps along the way—all in the pursuit of creating stronger towns.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T20:18:28.999332+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bottom-up-revolution-515360"},"episode":{"title":"The Lane That Kept Bringing Crashes","slug":"the-lane-that-kept-bringing-crashes","published_at":"2026-06-09T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bottom-up-revolution-515360/the-lane-that-kept-bringing-crashes","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bottom-up-revolution-515360","url":"https://littlethings.strongtowns.org/e/the-lane-that-kept-bringing-crashes/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/uvuzabe25rw7q4uf/BUS_6-9-26_REV.mp3","summary":"A car had crashed into the same Madison coffee shop three times. That was enough for Josh Olson and Strong Towns Madison to push for a change on Willie Street — a dense, locally-owned corridor that doubles as a commuter shortcut during rush hour. The intervention they proposed cost a fraction of what the city had budgeted, took two weeks to implement, and ran as a two-month trial. Josh breaks down what made the argument land with city staff and commissioners, and what happened after the results came in. ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES Strong Towns Madison (Site, Instagram) Josh Olson (LinkedIn) Counting Cranes (Substack) Norm Van Eeden Petersman (LinkedIn) Do you know someone who would make for a great Bottom-Up Revolution guest? Let us know here. This podcast is made possible by Strong Towns members. Thank you! Join fellow members discussing this episode in The Commons.","meta_description":"A car had crashed into the same Madison coffee shop three times. That was enough for Josh Olson and Strong Towns Madison to push for a change on Willie St…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1303,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-bottom-up-revolution-515360/episodes/the-lane-that-kept-bringing-crashes/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bottom-up-revolution-515360/the-lane-that-kept-bringing-crashes.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}